By Richard Garibay
Assistant Opinion Editor

Valentine’s day is approaching fast this year, and many people are scrambling to figure out what they’re going to be doing for their significant other, or for themselves.
Here are just a few suggestions of things to do with someone, by yourself, or as a group.

For The Single

1. Drown out your sorrows
I don’t mean a beer with lunch or a glass of wine, I’m talking a good-sized bottle of something upwards of 80 proof.
Make Charlie Sheen’s New Year’s look like Betty White’s Wednesday afternoon.
Start drinking at 5 p.m. on Feb. 13, and you drink as much alcohol as your liver will allow.

2. Dinner for one
Stick it to society’s definition of what this day should be and do what all couples do… except alone.
Call that fancy restaurant and make a rez for one. Get a whole box of chocolates for just you. Embrace loneliness in a way that very few have the courage to do.

3. Take to social media
Many people like to use social media to emphasize their single status.
If you’re a lonely guy you can use the tried and true route of “Proud to be single because women pick douche bags over good guys like me.”
If you’re a single woman, you obviously want the “I don’t need a man” angle.

4. The “couple’s experience” for one
If you really want to experience what the day of love would be like if you were in a relationship, try this:
Take all the money you have and set it on fire.

For The Couples

1. Post pictures:
Post photos of you and your love on social media so you can one-up your couple friends, and make your single friends even sadder.
Bonus points if your smiles can convince me that you didn’t try 15 times before to get the right look.

2. Get away
…from each other. Mix things up and give your loved one a break from your overbearing self.
Pay for a day of relaxation so they can put up with you until next year.
Buy them and one of their friends some movie tickets, a spa day, or maybe some pure Colombian cocaine.

3. Swing
Find another willing couple and maybe trade partners.
It’s a great way to spice up a dulling relationship, plus, after spending a romantic day with a total stranger, you’ll remember why you love your better half.
Win-win. If you need help with this just go to Craigslist, print out your choice of the couples seeking couples ads and present it to your lover.

And last but not least…
Fast forward
Look into your boyfriend or girlfriend’s eyes and either propose to or break up with them because those are the only two ways it’ll end.
Cut out the years of stress and really decide which it’ll be.
I highly encourage the women reading this article to show their boyfriends this and ask them which it’ll be.